[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 188 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6950-S6951]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]



                      Nomination of Doris L. Pryor

  Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, at the outset, I want to join the majority 
leader in his kind words related to Judge Doris Pryor, who is seeking a 
seat on the Seventh Circuit of Appeals.
  Today, the Senate will vote to confirm Judge Doris Pryor to serve on 
the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Pryor is an outstanding 
nominee to the appellate bench. She is a graduate of the University of 
Central Arkansas and the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. 
Following law school, she clerked for Judge Lavenski R. Smith on the 
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and for Judge J. Leon Holmes on the 
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
  Judge Pryor then served for a short period of time as a deputy public 
defender in Texarkana, AR. In 2006, she joined the U.S. Attorney's 
Office for the Southern District of Indiana as an Assistant U.S. 
Attorney. During her time as a Federal prosecutor, Judge Pryor handled 
all types of criminal matters and argued several Federal appeals. She 
also served as national security chief and as the office's reentry

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and prevention coordinator. In 2018, she was selected by the district 
judges of the Southern District of Indiana to serve as a magistrate 
judge, a position she holds to this day. In this role, Judge Pryor 
oversees a wide range of judicial proceedings in both civil and 
criminal matters.
  She was unanimously rated ``qualified'' by the American Bar 
Association, and she has received blue slips from Senators Young and 
Braun, her two Republican home State Senators. She also received a 
bipartisan vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
  Judge Pryor has significant Federal experience and a proven track 
record of neutral decision making on the bench. I strongly support her 
nomination, and I encourage my colleagues to do the same.